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Europe’s emerging private markets, made legible.
Data, field guides and analysis on emerging managers, VC and PE, investor relations, fintech and EU capital markets. Written from inside investor relations, for the GPs and LPs who do the work.
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Emerging managers
Fund I–III: fundraising, DDQs, first LPs, operating the GP.
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VC & PE
Where capital is moving across Europe, and what LPs ask.
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Investor relations
Fundraising communication, LP reporting and the IR function in small funds.
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EU capital markets
EU programmes, regulation and the savings and investments union.
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Fintech
The infrastructure behind funds, lending and payments.
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RESOURCES
Emerging manager resources
A curated list of the reports, data and standards that already map Europe’s emerging managers.
Browse the list →FIELD GUIDE · RELEASES 26 JAN 2027The DDQ Field Guide
How LPs actually read a due diligence questionnaire, and how a first-time manager answers it. Free for subscribers.
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Eclipta
A platform for emerging fund managers. Launching 2027.
FINTECH · VIENNA
Hedgent
An AI risk desk for small and mid-sized companies.
VENTURE STUDIO
Normexa
A studio for regulated financial products, built AI-native.
WHO WRITES THIS
Martin Bodocky. Investor relations, from the inside.
Eleven years building software, then eight in private markets. Co-founded a €35M seed fund backed by the European Investment Fund, then built an SME private-credit platform across Austria, Czechia and Slovakia. EIC Independent Expert Evaluator. MSc, University of Oxford. Based in Vienna.
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